لَوَ اِنَّ اللُؤمَ يُنسَبُ كانَ عَبداً

لَوَ اِنَّ اللُؤمَ يُنسَبُ كانَ عَبداً

قَبيحَ الوَجهِ أَعوَرَ مِن ثَقيفِ

قَبيحَ الوَجهِ أَعوَرَ مِن ثَقيفِ

If baseness had a lineage, it would be a slave,

If cowardice could be ascribed, he’d be

Ugly-faced and one-eyed, from Thaqif.

A slave, ugly-faced, blind in one eye from Thaqif;

تَرَكتَ الدينَ وَالإيمانَ جَهلاً

تَرَكتَ الدينَ وَالإيمانَ جَهلاً

غَداةَ لَقيتَ صاحِبَةَ النَصيفِ

غَداةَ لَقيتَ صاحِبَةَ النَصيفِ

You abandoned religion and faith out of ignorance

You abandoned faith and religion in ignorance

On the morning you met the woman with the veil.

The next morning after meeting the owner of the cloak;

وَراجَعتَ الصِبا وَذَكَرتَ لَهواً

وَراجَعتَ الصِبا وَذَكَرتَ لَهواً

مِنَ الأَحشاءِ وَالخَصرِ اللَطيفِ

مِنَ الأَحشاءِ وَالخَصرِ اللَطيفِ

And you returned to youthful passion and recalled pleasure

And you returned to youth and recalled in vain desire

Of the belly and the slender waist.

Of the belly and the delicate waist.